Eduard Mantius

Eduard Mantius around 1840

Jacob Eduard Mantius (born January 18, 1806 in Schwerin , † July 4, 1874 in Ilmenau ) was a German opera singer ( tenor ) composer and singing teacher.

Life

At the request of his father, a manufacturer, Eduard Mantius began studying law at the University of Rostock in autumn 1826. A year later he broke off his studies and moved to Leipzig to study music. In Christian August Pohlenz , the then director of the Gewandhaus Orchestra , he got singing lessons. In 1829 he sang the tenor parts at a concert in Halle (Saale) led by Gasparo Spontini , the general music director of the Royal Court Opera in Berlin . In the same year he became a member of the Berlin Singakademie , which was directed by Karl Friedrich Zelter . In 1830 King Friedrich Wilhelm III appointed him . as a singer at his court opera. He made his debut there with great success as “Tamino” in Mozart's Magic Flute . His sonorous tenor and his acting talent soon made him famous outside of Berlin. After completing his stage career in 1857, during which he appeared in 152 roles, he gave singing lessons and was also successful as a song composer.

student

• Hermann Thomaschek , Eleonore de Ahna , Paul Bulß , Theodor Reichmann , Amanda Tscherpa

literature

• Joseph Kürschner:  Mantius, Eduard . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 272.
• Ludwig Eisenberg : Eduard Mantius . In: Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century. Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 638 ( daten.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
• Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 6277 .

Web links

Commons : Eduard Mantius  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature about Eduard Mantius in the Landesbibliographie MV
• Eduard Mantius in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal